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Erik Anundsson
(-882)
Bjorn the Old of Sweden Ericsson
(-Cir 950)
Olaf of Sweden Bjornsson
(Bef 950-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Unknown

Olaf of Sweden Bjornsson 1 2

  • Born: Bef 950
  • Marriage: Unknown

   Cause of his death was venom.

  General Notes:

Olof (II) Björnsson

Olof Björnsson (ca 970 - 975), ruled together with his brother Eric the Victorious. He was the father of Styrbjörn Starke. He died of venom. Instead of proclaiming his son Styrbjörn co-ruler, Eric proclaimed his own unborn child co-ruler on condition that it was a son. It was a son who became Olof of Sweden.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Sweden, Cir 950.


Olaf married.


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/), "Olof (II) Björnsson".

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